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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wednesday Night Supper is at 5:30 pm in the FSH. If you are attending the Wednesday Night Supper, please check the number of meals in the attendance book. The meal for November 12th is: Country fried steak, rice and gravy, butterbeans and rolls.. The meal is $8 for adults and $4.50 for children. We also have salad with grilled or fried chicken, choice of dressing – ranch, honey mustard, balsamic or Italian for $10.  You must mark the attendance sheet if you would like salad.

The flowers today are given in honor of Delane Reynolds’s birthday on November 5 and Walter Shumpert’s 95th birthday on November 11 by Renee Layson.

Handbell Choir will be meeting directly after church in the handbell room every Sunday. All are welcome.  As we prepare for Christmas Eve.

The UMM plan to have a brief meeting after church on 11/16.  We will elect officers and discuss the 2026 calendar.

There will be a Finance Meeting at 2 pm on Sunday, November 16 followed by a Council Meeting at 3 pm.

On December 21, our children will be putting on a nativity scene during our church service. We will have several rehearsals beforehand, but we need all children interested to please contact Janet so we can do a headcount and start assigning parts. Thank you.

Items needs for God’s Helping Hands:  Sugar, Spaghetti, Spaghetti Sauce, Flour, Grits, Cream of Chicken Soup, Cream of Mushroom Soup, Cream of Potato Soup, Cereal, Cookies, Mac/Cheese, noodles and canned vegetables.

Today is the last day to order Poinsettias for Christmas.  There are order forms in the Narthex.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

           Worship Service for November 9, 2025

Service of Worship

Platt Springs United Methodist Church

West Columbia, SC

Second Sunday November 9th, 2025 – 10 A.M.

22nd Sunday after Pentecost

Welcome and Announcements                       Marguerite Sterling                                                  

*Please stand as the light of Christ is brought forward

Choral Introit             “Make Us One Lord”                      Choir                

*Call to Worship                                             Marguerite Sterling

L: Even though we don’t always feel it, God is with us.

P: The darkness and doubt of the world can threaten to consume us.

L: Yet God is with us.

P: All around us, there is fear and hopelessness.

L: God brings to us hope and peace. We place our trust in God’s abundant love.

P: Let us freely and without fear open our hearts to God’s healing words of hope. AMEN.

*Pass the Peace (Greeting those in your pew with “Peace be with you”)

*Hymn          “ Thine Be the Glory”                           UMH  #308

Old Testament Reading        Psalm 145: 1-5     Debbie Summers

Young Disciples      Honoring Our Veterans            Pastor Debbie

Pastoral Prayer  (followed by the Lord’s Prayer)Pastor Debbie

Worshipping God with Our Tithes & Offering.

Offertory:     “My Lord, What a Morning”                           Choir                  

*Doxology  “ Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”   # 95

*Gospel Reading                Luke 20:27-38              Pastor Debbie

Sermon            “Will We All Go to Heaven?”         Pastor Debbie

*Recessional           “Sent Forth by God’s Blessing”    UMH #664

*Benediction:  Do not be discouraged! Be strong and courageous.

Keep working, for I am with you. My Spirit remains with you and is living among you. So do not be afraid! Amen!

*Postlude

Prayer List November 9, 2025

  Surgeries/Hospital/Sick

Rick and Deree Stobaugh

David Brantley

JC Hyatt

Buck and Peggy Jones

James and Elaine Ward

Brenda Ettari

Sharon Grecu

Ray Cobia

Agnes Pittman

Brad and Barbara Jordan

Flora Jones

Walter Shumpert

Vince Rhodes

Nursing Homes/Assisted Living/ Hospice/Rehab

Paul Mullins, Debbie Summers's uncle

Jessie Sargent

Lucy Eden

Helen Tarbox

Coretta Safriet

Shirley Ward

Family/Friends/Community

Ashley Steele

Lauren Goodenough, friend of Laura Hooper

Vernon Cunningham, Sandy Cobia’s brother

Margie Horton, friend of Melody and Terry Clamp

Kay Pearson, friend of Jamie Guffey

Jake Williams, friend of Laura Hooper

Marsha Mathious, friend of Bernadette Weston

Addie Wilkerson-Pinner, friend of Laura Hooper

Bryce Schmoyer, friend of Vickie Hanks’

Raven Player, niece of Betty and Don Elliott

Tally Nesmith, friend of Betty Rogers

Trey Schmoyer, friend of Vickie Hanks

Audrey Barclay, Susan Basnett’s mother

Corrie Wofford, C.J. Baker’s step daughter-in-law

Kathy Mott, Marie Thompson’s sister

Heyward Ann Marchant, great niece of Laura Hooper

Wendy McDonough, friend of Jolene Flory

Genevieve Stroud, Wanda Young’s mother

Tommy Fowler, friend of Laura Hooper

Tiffany and Adam Hunter, friends of Susan and Ryan Bressler

Matt Anderson, friend of Laura Hooper

Military

Parker Albrecht, Navy

Zach Timmons, Marine Reserve

Donovan O’Dea, Army

Micah Floyd, Army

Spencer Miller, Air Force

Bailey Roberson, Army

To keep in contact with everyone on our prayer list we're going to clean the names that have been here for several weeks. If your name, or a loved one's name, has been listed here for three weeks, make sure to give Melody at (803)794-3415 a call so we'll keep them listed.

PSUMC: A Great Place to Be.

Phone: 803-794-3415

email: melody@psumc.org

3215 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia, SC 29170

Office Hours: Mon-Thur 9:00am to 1:00pm

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